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JENNY YUEN, QMI AGENCY

Mar 9, 2014

, Last Updated: 11:26 PM ET

TORONTO - The girlfriend of a 20-year-old Ontario Hockey League player who has been missing since last Monday says she is worried about his welfare.

Terry Trafford — a Toronto native who plays for Michigan’s Saginaw Spirit — was last seen March 3 around 9:30 a.m. at the Saginaw Dow Centre Event rink, Skye Cieszlak — his girlfriend of four years — said Sunday.

While a team executive insisted that he is still on the Spirit’s roster, Cieszlak said her boyfriend was devastated after getting kicked off for smoking marijuana while on the road in Owen Sound on Feb. 22.

She said he was upset during a March 1 phone call in which Trafford threatened to kill himself.

“He left (March 2) from Toronto, across the border and hung out with a couple guys on the team to say goodbye,” she said. The next morning “his plan was to go pick up all his things from the rink and then to come to my house. That’s the last everyone has heard from him.”

Cieszlak, 21, said despite repeated attempts, she has been unable to reach Trafford on his cellphone.

His parents, Toronto residents Roy and Bev, were expecting him for dinner on March 3, but he never showed up. Roy Trafford, 71, said he hopes publicity around his son’s disappearance generates tips about the young man’s whereabouts.

According to his profile on the league website, Trafford hasn’t played since Feb. 17. On March 3, teammates saw the 5-foot-11 athlete drive away in a green 1995 Sierra 1500 pickup truck belonging to his father with the licence plate CJA 2235.

Cieszlak and Trafford’s family have filed a missing person report with the Saginaw Police and Toronto Police.

“Right now we don’t have any evidence he’s back in Canada, so we’re working in conjunction with Michigan police to figure out where he may be,” said Toronto Police Staff-Sgt. Keith Smith. Saginaw police could not be reached for comment.

Trafford battled depression for many years, said Cieszlak, who added it was his dream to be drafted in the NHL.

Craig Goslin, president and managing partner of the Saginaw Spirit, said Sunday Trafford was still on the team’s roster. He refused to comment on whether or not the player had been suspended.

“We’re hoping right now that he’s found and we hope and pray those who are searching for him find him. Our franchise and the entire community is concerned about his whereabouts.”

Trafford — who picked up hockey at the age of three — played with the Mississauga Reps AAA hockey club and the Dixie Beehives from 2009 to 2010, before being drafted in 2010 to the Saginaw Spirit, according to the OHL.